INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND TOUCH OPERATION DETECTION METHOD

• US 20130300698A1
• Filed: 07/10/2013
• Published: 11/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: HASHIMOTO, Hirokazu
• Granted Patent: US 10,168,888 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An information processing device includes: a display unit having a touch panel on its front surface; a movement amount calculation unit that calculates the movement amount of a touch operation based on a touch point at which the touch operation is performed with respect to the touch panel and a touch release point at which the touch operation is released from the touch panel; an operation determination unit that determines whether the touch operation is a depression operation or a gesture operation depending on the calculated movement amount; and a command recognition unit that recognizes whether a received command is a command corresponding to the depression operation or the gesture operation.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a display having a touch panel on its front surface; and

circuitry configured to;

calculate a movement amount of a touch operation based on a touch point at which the touch operation is performed with respect to the touch panel and a touch release point at which the touch operation is released from the touch panel;

determine whether the touch operation is a single tap operation or a gesture operation based on the calculated movement amount;

recognize whether a received command is a command corresponding to the single tap operation or the gesture operation, wherein the command corresponding to the gesture operation is a command to switch a displayed page; and

control the display to switch between displaying first and second pages in response to a recognition of the gesture operation, wherein the first page includes a plurality of selectable menu items and the second page includes detailed information corresponding to one of the menu items included in the first page.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to determine that the touch operation is a gesture operation when the movement amount exceeds a predetermined threshold.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein

the circuitry is configured to recognize the command associated with a pattern of the gesture operation.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to determine that, when the movement amount is not more than a predetermined threshold and a button is displayed at the touch release point at which the touch operation is released, the touch operation is the single tap operation with respect to the button.

10. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to control the display to display an icon corresponding to a music application.

11. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to control the display to display an icon corresponding to a video application.

12. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein

the second page includes an icon corresponding to a page switching function, and

the circuitry controls the display to switch from displaying the second page to displaying the first page when the icon is selected by the single tap operation.

13. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to control the display an image corresponding to a map.

14. The information processing device of claim 13, wherein

the circuitry is configured to control the display to display the image corresponding to the map in response to the recognition of the gesture operation.

15. The information processing device of claim 14, wherein

the recognized gesture operation is a horizontal drag-like motion.

16. The information processing device according to claim 13, wherein

the circuitry recognizes a command associated with a pattern of the gesture operation as a command to increase a display scale of the map, and controls the display to increase a display scale of the map based on the recognizing.

17. The information processing device according to claim 16, wherein

the pattern associated with the command to increase the display scale of the map is a clockwise pattern.

18. The information processing device according to claim 13, wherein

the circuitry recognizes a command associated with a pattern of the gesture operation as a command to decrease a display scale of the map, and controls the display to decrease a display scale of the map based on the recognizing.

19. The information processing device according to claim 18, wherein

the pattern associated with the command to increase the display scale of the map is a counterclockwise pattern.

20. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to determine a navigation route from a first location to a second location and control the display to display a result of the determined navigation route.

21. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to control the display to switch between displaying the first page and the second page in response to the recognition of the gesture operation.

22. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to control the display to switch between displaying the second page and the first page in response to the recognition of the gesture operation.

5. A touch operation detection method comprising:

detecting a touch point at which a touch operation is performed with respect to a touch panel provided on the front surface of a display;

detecting a touch release point at which the touch operation is released from the touch panel;

calculating a movement amount of the touch operation based on the touch point and the touch release point;

determining whether the touch operation is a single tap operation or a gesture operation based on the calculated movement amount;

recognizing whether a received command is a command corresponding to the single tap operation or the gesture operation, wherein the command corresponding to the gesture operation is a command to switch a displayed page; and

controlling the display to switch between displaying first and second pages in response to a recognition of the gesture operation, wherein the first page includes a plurality of selectable menu items and the second page includes detailed information corresponding to one of the menu items included in the first page.

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23. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-program instruction, which when executed by an information processing apparatus, cause the information processing apparatus to:

detect a touch point at which a touch operation is performed with respect to a touch panel provided on the front surface of a display;

detect a touch release point at which the touch operation is released from the touch panel;

calculate a movement amount of the touch operation based on the touch point and the touch release point;

determine whether the touch operation is a single tap operation or a gesture operation based on the calculated movement amount;

recognize whether a received command is a command corresponding to the single tap operation or the gesture operation, wherein the command corresponding to the gesture operation is a command to switch a displayed page; and

control the display to switch between displaying first and second pages in response to a recognition of the gesture operation, wherein the first page includes a plurality of selectable menu items and the second page includes detailed information corresponding to one of the menu items included in the first page.

24. An information processing device comprising:

a display having a touch panel on its front surface;

a battery configured to provide power;

a global position system (GPS) unit configured to determine a location of the information processing device; and

circuitry configured to;

calculate a movement amount of a touch operation based on a touch point at which the touch operation is performed with respect to the touch panel and a touch release point at which the touch operation is released from the touch panel;

determine whether the touch operation is a single tap operation or a gesture operation based on the calculated movement amount;

recognize whether a received command is a command corresponding to the single tap operation or the gesture operation, wherein the command corresponding to the gesture operation is a horizontal swipe gesture to switch a displayed page; and

control the display to switch between displaying first and second pages in response to a recognition of the horizontal swipe operation, wherein the first page includes a plurality of selectable menu items and the second page includes detailed information corresponding to one of the menu items included in the first page.

25. The information processing device of claim 24, further comprising:

an interface configured to connect with a cradle and receive power through the cradle.